The first license plate to remember Nevada’s history as the host of the US’s nuclear testing grounds drew criticism for featuring a mushroom cloud (see the plate on the right, above). Now it appears folks are at it again, this time with a plate that depicts the site’s area and includes the classic illustration of [...]
December 29, 2005
Categories: Politics & Controversy . Tags: atomic, atomic testing, atomic testing museum, atomic tests, heritage, history, license plate, license plates, museum, nevada test site, nuclear, nuclear test site, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons, test site . Author: Casey . Comments: No Comments
Engadget yesterday had a story about the Mobile Plate Hunter 900, a device that mounts on police cars and scans 500 to 800 license plates an hour. More details are in the Wired News story, where LA County police commander Sid Heal notes that the system is hands-off: “It doesn’t require the [officer] to do [...]
June 21, 2005
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology . Tags: LA county, license plate, license plate reader, license plates, mobile, pervasive, police, police car, police cruiser, police state, scanner, surveillance . Author: Casey . Comments: 2 Comments
